Forms of Life: Aesthetics and Biopolitics in German Culture
(Part of the Signale: Modern German Letters, Cultures, and Thought Series)
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In Forms of Life, Andreas Gailus argues that the neglect of aesthetics in most contemporary theories of biopolitics has resulted in an overly restricted conception of life. He insists we need a more flexible notion of life: one attuned to the interplay and conflict between its many dimensions and forms. Forms of Life develops such a notion through the meticulous study of works by Kant, Goethe, Kleist, Nietzsche, Wittgenstein, Benn,...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1501749811
ISBN13:9781501749810
Release Date:September 2020
Publisher:Cornell University Press and Cornell Universi
Length:408 Pages
Weight:1.31 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"
Age Range:18 years and up
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
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